Permanent Gestures
Primitive Whiteness in the (Queer) Tattoo Shop
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14998947 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meredith Lee (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 32-46 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | TDR/The Drama Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1054-2043 • E-ISSN: 1531-4715 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1054204323000242 |
| OpenAlex | W4386318756 |
| Language | EN |
Primitive whiteness refers to the atavistic and colonial violence of the appropriation of tattooing in the United States. The radical deviance of the tattooist and their canvas, read through queer forms of pathologized identities, illuminates what happens when this primitive whiteness is indeed queer
Aesthetics · Appropriation · Archaeology · Art · Colonialism · Gesture · Linguistics · Queer · Sociology · Fashion and Cultural Textiles · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Philosophy · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
| Highly cited | No |
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